To a solution of 130 mg 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[1-(2-ethoxy-ethylamino)-ethyl]-3H-quinazolin-4-one (VI) (0.381 mmol, 1.00 equiv), 59 μL triethylamine (0.419 mmol, 1.10 equiv), and 2 mg DMAP (16 μmol, 0.04 equiv) dissolved in 3 mL 1,4-dioxane at room temperature was added 79 μL neat decanoyl chloride (0.381 mmol, 1.00 equiv); a colorless precipitate developed. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature then concentrated in vacuo to remove the dioxaxie. The resulting concentrate was partitioned between dichloromethane and aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate solution (20 mL each). The separated aqueous layer was extracted again with dichloromethane (15 mL) and the combined organic extracts dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to yield a yellow, glassy oil. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (2.5 cm o.d.×10 cm h) eluting with a gradient of 20 to 25% ethyl acetate in hexane. Fractions containing product at Rf=0.84, 5% methanol in chloroform, were combined and concentrated in vacuo to afford 120 mg of a colorless solid. m.p. 71.4° C. 1H NMR (d6-DMSO; T=140° C.) δ 0.90 (t, 3H, J=7.2 Hz), 1.18–1.44 (m, 14H), 1.44 (d, 3H, J=7.2 Hz), 1.98–2.08 (m, 2H), 3.11 (s, 3H), 3.33–3.52 (m, 4H), 5.11 (br q, 1H, J=6.0 Hz), 7.32 (br m, 3H), 7.49 (br m, 1H), 7.55 (ddd, 1H, J1=1.2 Hz, J2=7.6 Hz, J3=8.0 Hz), 7.73 (d, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 7.85 (ddd, 1H, J1=1.2 Hz, J2=7.2 Hz, J3=8.4 Hz), 8.15 (dd, 1H, J1=1.6 Hz, J2=8.0 Hz) ppm. At room temperature, compound exists as a mixture of cis/trans amide rotamers, ca. 1:1 determined by integration of characteristic 1H NMR peaks (CDCl3, T=25° C.) at δminor 4.78 (q, 1.0H, J=7.2 Hz) and δmajor 5.33 (q, 1.2H, J=7.2 Hz) ppm. MS (ESI+) 496.4 [MH]+
